South Carolina · Nonprofit
AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC
AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,452,616 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF AIKEN COUNTY INC ($1,135,200). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Aiken Area Council on Aging Inc does
Mission
To provide health, wellness, nutrition, transportation, social and other services that enhance the quality of life, independence, dignity and aid in the prevention of critical acute care needs of our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Transportation - this program provides the elderly and disabled of aiken county with access to group dining to one of our six meal sites, shopping, errands, medical appointments, etc. This service enables them to remain independent and provides for transit opportunities when their health or financial restraints prevent them from being able to travel to desired destinations to maintain their independence and quality of life.
$2,141,011 spent64% of program spendingCongregate meals - this program provides the seniors of aiken county with a group dining setting that provides activities, educational presentations, camaraderie, wellness activities and a hot 1/3 rda noon time meal.
$297,427 spent9% of program spendingHome delivered meals - this program provides the seniors of aiken county that may be homebound with nutritional meals 5-7 days per week. Many of the clients are unable to prepare a simple meal or lack that support of family/friends to assist with their daily needs this program provides the infrastructure to extend the time seniors are able to remain independent in their homes without the expense and burden of being institutionalized.
$893,018 spent27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,331,456.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.8M to $4.7M (+66%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 99% · 2018 94% · 2019 86% · 2020 77% · 2021 89% · 2022 75% · 2023 75% · 2024 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Buddy Key
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $135k → $128k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 83% · 2023 86% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
80% of AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $211k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC has grown faster than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC?
- AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,452,616 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF AIKEN COUNTY INC ($1,135,200). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,452,616 in grants to AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC?
- UNITED WAY OF AIKEN COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,135,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing